AMIL Properties Ltd has applied to An Bord Pleanála for a fast-track housing development. It would provide nearly 300 new homes at the former Walsh Mushroom factory site and adjoining lands in Gorey on a site of almost 11.5 hectares

Peter Sweetman, the country's most high-profile planning objector, has turned his sights on the largest-ever proposed single private investment in the history of the State by telling Kildare County Council it should refuse Intel's planned new €3.5 billion fabrication facility at its Leixlip plant because of a lack of details about its proposed grid connection.

A number of multimillion-euro projects planned for Dún Laoghaire harbour have been thrown into question, including a €5 million urban beach, a €51 million diaspora centre, and a €30 million cruise berth facility.

Up to 30,000 truckloads of contaminated silt due to be dredged from Howth Harbour in north County Dublin look likely to be used for the construction of a major extension to the historic port’s western pier, according to plans under consideration by the government.

Residents living close to Tayto Park have appealed to An Bord Pleanála over Meath County Council’s approval of the theme park's new €14 million roller coaster, citing anticipated noise nuisance from passengers screaming.